Waterloo Cup 1941

The Waterloo Cup of 1941 began on Wednesday 12th February 1941, although there was a chance the event would be cancelled at the last minute because of a serious outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease. The entry conditions for the race required 64 subscribers to subscribe their nomination at £25 each. The winner received £500 and a trophy (valued at £100) donated by the Earl of Sefton. The runner-up received £200, while the losing semi-finalists each received £50. The winner, Swinging Light, was owned by Mr C M Cohan of Liverpool, who is well known in shipping circles and is associated with Messrs H E Moss & Co. He was nominated by Mr R C Brownlee, while the runner-up was owned by Mrs F H Kent and nominated by Lt-Col Fullerton. For the first time this year there were women beaters from the Womens Land Army.
WATERLOO CUP WINNER:- SWINGING LIGHT (Red fawn by Dee Rock out of Beaut)
The Plate was won by String owned by the Countess of Sefton.
The Purse was won by Magic Hand owned by Mr M F Horlock.

1. Bezantine

Rock Agility          

2. Rock Agility 1/2

  White Heart        

3. Cumberbund

White Heart 6/4          

4. White Heart 2/7

    Lapsed Legacy      

5. Ranch Kilmore 4/6

Ranch Kilmore          

6. Elizabeth

  Lapsed Legacy 1/2        

7. Lapsed Legacy (NB)

Lapsed Legacy (NB)          

8. Buckden Dandy

      Swinging Light 2/5    

9. Dry Champagne

Swinging Light 7/4          

10. Swinging Light 1/2

  Swinging Light 6/4        

11. Saunter

Dew Rodger          

12. Dew Rodger 2/7

    Swinging Light 3/1      

13. Heated Words 4/5

Heated Words 2/1          

14. Good Jest

  Heated Words        

15. Most Affluent

String          

16. String 4/6

           

17. Mount Royal 4/6

        Swinging Light 2/5  

18. Drunken Matelot

Mount Royal 4/6          

19. Firm and Fair 6/4

  Mount Royal 2/1        

20. Holystone Cleugh

Firm and Fair          

21. Maesydd Mascot

    Mount Royal 4/5      

22. Holystone Rookery 4/7

Holystone Rockery          

23. Gone On

  White Book        

24. White Book 1/6

White Book 4/5          

25. Bosom Friend

      Mount Royal    

26. White Wood 4/6

White Wood 4/5          

27. High Rocket

  White Wood 7/2        

28. Red Deer (NB)

Red Deer          

29. Chatterton

    White Wood      

30. Perfect Situation 2/5

Perfect Situation          

31. Magic Hand

  Lending Library        

32. Lending Library 2/7

Lending Library 1/3         Swinging Light

33. Dee Raft 4/6

           

34. Shamrock Prince

Dee Raft          

35. Holystone View

  Rock Bottom (NB)        

36. Rock Bottom 2/5

Rock Bottom 7/4          

37. Bryn Mirth 3/1

    Rock Bottom 3/1      

38. Dendera Joker

Bryn Mirth          

39. Culrat

  Penny Piece        

40. Penny Piece 6/4

Penny Piece 6/4          

41. Dutton Ash 2/7

      Rock Bottom    

42. Boiler

Dutton Ash 1/2          

43. Rugged Alps

  Dutton Ash 1/3        

44. Radiant Light 4/5

Radiant Light          

45. Bayland Dandy

    Dutton Ash      

46. Merlin Hawk 1/3

Merlin Hawk          

47. Dee Forge

  Screen        

48. Screen 11/10

Screen 2/5          

49. Stanbridge Selerity (NB)

        Stanbridge Selerity  

50. Perfect Stranger

Stanbridge Selerity 1/5          

51. Drastic Measure

  Stanbridge Selerity 1/4        

52. Eldest Born 10/11

Eldest Born          

53. Shrapnel 1/5

    Stanbridge Selerity (Bye)      

54. Half Way

Shrapnel          

55. Ballerino

  Dew Tar        

56. Dew Tar 2/5

Dew Tar 3/1          

57. Pleasure Steamer 1/6

      Stanbridge Selerity 1/4    

58. Stuntney Acne

Pleasure Steamer          

59. Just Reason

  Reason 11/10        

60. Reason 5/2

Reason 4/6          

61. The Levite 4/7

    Reason      

62. Lady Lawless

The Levite          

63. RIF (NB)

  RIF        

64. Jingling Reed

RIF 5/4          
I am very grateful to Gavin Purdon for forwarding the extract shown below from the diary of Mr Merryweather, of New Shildon, who had a keen interest in the Waterloo Cup. Robert William Merryweather (1890 – 1957), son of a railwayman, worked for the London & North Eastern Railways as a bricklayer's labourer at the Shildon Railway Wagon Works and kept a meticulous diary about coursing and horse racing.